Laser & Survey Training

Leica Rugby 100 Rotating Laser
Leica Rugby R-100
Rotating Laser

List Price: $1295
Our Price $1170

South Survey NTS-365R
5" Reflectorless Total Station

List Price: $4320
Our Price $3995

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Quick Reference Guide for Operation
and Care of Survey Equipment

Transits
Digital Transits
Construction Lasers
Auto levels

Pipe Lasers
Grade Rods
Slope Lasers

Here are just some of the many uses of survey equipment including transits, autolevels & theodolites and the endless projects they are capable of.

Find out height of silo
Set first course of siding
Grade swimming pools
Determine difference in elevation
Preliminary surveys
Measure angles
Run profiles
Align brickwork
Check elevations for grading
Set nails for concrete lines
Form panels
Align stone walls
Extend lines
Level foundations
Secondary vertical control
Align retaining walls
Pick up elevations for finished floors
Measure hung ceiling heights
Plumb structural steel
Check outside stonework lines
Align fences
Set forms
Grade irrigation ditches
Stake out foundations
Lay out sanitary and storm drains
Terracing
Line up engine beds
Measure elevation of concrete piers
Establish final grades
Set door bucks
Measure excavation depths
Establish foundation heights
Level floors
Lay out a site
Check elevations for excavating
Set lintels
Align structural steel
Mark batter boards
Level sidewalks
Locate buried survey stakes
Contour farming and drainage
Plumb columns
Set sewer lines
Measure the height of an elevated water tower
Lay out a driveway
Fix decorative paint or water lines on aswimming pool
Level a garage floor
Establish grades for streets
Check boiler room depth
Borrow pits
Earthwork cross-sections
Plumb walls
Lay out a football field, tennis court,baseball diamond

Types of Survey Equipment

Name(s)

Use

Vendors

Hand Level
Pop Level

Very Rough Leveling
Landscaping/Excavation Sokkia
CST/Berger
David White

Level
Dumpy Level
Short Distance Leveling

Builders
Landscape

CST/Berger
David White

Autolevel
Fast set-up time

Concrete Contractors
Builders
Septic Installation
Excavation
CST/Berger
David White
Leica
Pentax
generic

Auto Levels for Sale

Transit-Level
Leveling & Vertical Applications

Pipe Laser Setup
Builders
Concrete Contractors
CST/Berger
David White

Transit Levels for Sale

Transit
Accurate Vertical/Horizontal Angles

Builders
Septic Installers
Civil Engineers
Excavation/Pipe Laser Set Up
CST/Berger
David White

Theodolite
Very accurate vertical/horizontal

-OBSOLETE-

Electronic Transit
Electronic Theodolite
Easy to read
Accurate Readings

GC’s
Septic Installation
Excavation/Pipe Laser Set up
Concrete Construction Layout
Civil Engineers
CST/Berger
David White
Leica
Pentax
[Topcon]
[Nikon]

Theodolites for Sale

Total Stations
“ EDM’s”
Accurate & Aasy Angular Readings
Accurate Distance Measurement

Surveyors
Excavators
Civil Engineers
Concrete Contractor Layout

Leica
Pentax
Sokkia
[Topcon]
[Nikon]
[Trimble]

Total Stations for Sale

Links

Polar Coordinates: Seeking an Angle & Distance

RAKING in a SLOPE (finding Line for a Slope Laser)

Reading Engineering vs Architectural Rods

Rectangular Coordinates: XYZ vs NEZ

SLOPE vs % GRADE

Stadia: Survey Distance Measuring